Candidates Keep Pushing Election Denial Online -- Because It Works

[Historic NY]

Candidates who have pushed the falsehood that the 2020 election was stolen routinely saw their posts collecting more engagement overall compared to the performance of each candidate’s average post, Bloomberg found. The review covered the Facebook and Twitter posts of every Republican running for Senate, Congress, governor, attorney general or secretary of state this year. The social media companies, which have alerted users about election falsehoods in the past, did not have any context added to the misleading posts that surfaced in the review — until Bloomberg got in touch with them about this story.

[link:https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-election-denier-republican-social-media/?sref=qneqM2kv|]

[hurple]

1. So, if they win...

Will they contest the results?

Of course not.

[bullimiami]

2. does this get their people out to vote? they have confused me.